Quotes About Choice

People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming.

If we ask for more and more material for the construction, i.e. more and more choice, we're likely to end up with a lot of combinations that don't do much for us or are far more complex than they need to be.

It saddens me that in the 21st century, with all our knowledge and power, we are hearing more and more stories of possible extinctions due to people's choice. We are responsible for our choices and the only ones capable of changing our future.

The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.

My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.

People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what they have to do, and as we get richer and richer, more and more people will be able to afford that.

More power to the people who get to choose their roles. I don't.

More than anything, I just think about what roles I take on and make sure that it's really something that I feel passionate about if I'm going to leave home and go work.

I firmly believe in individual liberty more than anything else. And that you have to live the life you want for yourself.

You got to pick one - pay your medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people can't do both, and I'm no different.

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York.

When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.

Liberty is the most important thing.

The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

Fashion, for me, is comfort. It is the most important thing for me.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I don't think 'Motherhood' is a map for women. I would never say that it's a template for every woman in response to her biology.

A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.

I never considered going into motion pictures.

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.

I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

There's this really awesome theory of human motivation - that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.